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Cryptobranchidae (hellbender)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cryptobranchidae Cope
1946Cryptobranchiidae Kuhn p. 53
1977Cryptobranchidae Holman p. 159
1981Cryptobranchidae Estes p. 13
1988Cryptobranchidae Carroll
1990Cryptobranchidae Holman et al. p. 522
1996Cryptobranchidae Frank and Ramus
2001Cryptobranchidae Gao and Shubin p. 576
2003Cryptobranchidae Gao and Shubin p. 424
2008Cryptobranchidae Böhme p. 165
2012Cryptobranchidae Skutschas and Gubin
2012Cryptobranchidae Vasilyan and Böhme

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
Cryptobranchoidea
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Cryptobranchidae Cope 1889 [hellbender]
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G. Andrias Tschudi 1837 [giant salamander]
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Andrias bohemicus Laube 1897
Andrias davidianus Blanchard 1871 [Chinese giant salamander]
Andrias japonicus Temminck 1836 [Japanese giant salamander]
Andrias matthewi Cook 1917
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Invalid names: Cryptobranchus mccalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 [synonym]
Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi 1837
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Invalid names: Andrias tschudi von Meyer 1859 [synonym]
Invalid names: Megalobatrachus Tschudi 1837 [synonym]
Subfm. †Aviturinae Gubin 1991
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G. †Aviturus Gubin 1991
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Aviturus exsecratus Gubin 1991
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Invalid names: Ulanurus fractus Gubin 1991 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ulanurus Gubin 1991 [synonym]
G. †Zaissanurus Tschernov 1959
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Zaissanurus beliajevae Chernov 1959
G. Cryptobranchus Leuckart 1821 [hellbender]
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Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Daudin 1803 [hellbender]
Cryptobranchus guildayi Holman 1977
Invalid names: Plicagnathus Cook 1917 [synonym], Sieboldia Blanchard 1871 [synonym]
G. †Eoscapherpeton Nessov 1981
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Eoscapherpeton asiaticum Nessov 1981
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Invalid names: Mynbulakia surgayi Nessov 1981 [synonym]
Eoscapherpeton superum Nessov 1997
Invalid names: Mynbulakia Nessov 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available